Commissioner Roger Goodell gave his opening remarks to owners last week on a stage designed to look like a stadium. In the middle of those remarks, the lights went out.

It was all planned, but not everyone was in on the joke. Frank Supovitz, the NFL's senior vice president of events, who recently was profiled on "60 Minutes Sports" where he was seen asking questions in the middle of the Super Bowl blackout, said he was stunned when the lights went off - but then he heard people laughing, including the commissioner, and realized it was a gag.

The publication reports that the NFL will stage a full simulation of the electrical demand that the game and halftime show will require in advance of next February's Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium, in an attempt to avoid the type of interruption that occurred at the Superdome last month.